8th European Bifurcation Club
12-13 October 2012 - Barcelona
Simultaneous inflation of two
drug-eluting balloons for the
treatment of coronary bifurcation
restenosis
Gregory A. Sgueglia, MD, PhD
Ospedale S. Eugenio
Rome, Italy
percutaneous treatment of coronary
bifurcation restenosis might pose real
challenges to the interventional cardiologist
for two main reasons:
• most often DES restenosis
• multiple stent layers, or uncovered struts
forming a neocarena or jailing the side
branch, thus worsening geometrical
constraints
Framing the problem
Sgueglia J Invasive Cardiol 2011
DES treatment of DES restenosis
RIBS III
(DES restenosis)
Nin
e m
onth
s b
inary
reste
nosis
(%
)
Alfonso JACC Intv 2012
ISAR-DESIRE 2
(SES restenosis)
Six
-eig
ht
month
s b
inary
reste
nosis
(%
)
Mehilli JACC 2010
Limits of stent treatment of ISR
Sgueglia J Cardiovasc Med 2011
Main vessel restenosis Side branch restenosis TLR
Provisional Complex Provisional Complex Provisional Complex
Colombo 1/21 (4.8%) 3/53 (5.7%) 3/21 (14.3%) 12/53 (22.6%) 1/22 (4.58) 6/63 (9.5%)
Pan 1/47 (2.1%) 4/44 (9.1%) 2/47 (4.3%) 6/44 (13.6%) 1/47 (2,1%) 2/44 (4.5%)
Steigen 7/151 (4.6%) 10/155 (6.5%) 29/151 (19.2%) 18/155 (11.6%) 4/207 (1.9%) 2/206 (1.0%)
Ferenc 7/96 (7.3%) 3/96 (3.1%) 9/96 (9.4%) 12/96 (12.5%) 11/101 (10.9%) 9/101 (8.9%)
Colombo 10/150 (6.7%) 7/152 (4.6%) 22/150 (14.7%) 20/152 (13.2%) 11/173 (6.3%) 13/177 (7.3%)
Overall 26/465 (5.6%) 27/500 (5.4%) 65/465 (14.0%) 68/500 (13.6%) 28/550 (5.1%) 32/591 (5.4%)
More on bifurcation restenosis
Sgueglia IJC 2011
The Drug
• paclitaxel is a highly lipophylic compound
• after short exposure, single-dose remains in cells for days
• at low doses, it arrests cells before they divide
• at low doses, it has less anti-proliferative effect on endothelial cells
Axel Circulation 1997
dilation catheter
antiproliferative drug
binder/matrix/excipient
The Matrix
Credit Medrad
DEB CE mark timeline
First generation
(balloon + paclitaxel)
Second generation
(balloon + binder/matrix/excipient + paclitaxel)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
DIOR I
In.Pact
Falcon
Elutax SeQuent
Please
DIOR II
Protégé
Pantera Lux
Danubio
Moxy Primus
Not all DEB are created equal
• 1,129 pts treated by DEB
• 1° generation ELUTAX
(2 μg/mm2 paclitaxel, no excipient)
• 2° generation SeQuent
Please
(3 μg/mm2 paclitaxel, iopromide
as excipient)
EuroIntervention 2012
Paclitaxel-eluting stent
DEB’s Advantages
• fast and homogeneous drug transfer to the arterial wall
• highest drug concentration at the time of angioplasty injury
• respect of the vessel anatomy
• lack of persisting inflammatory stimuli
• short duration of dual antiplatelet therapy
Posa CCI 2010
Drug-eluting balloon
Radke EuroIntervention 2011
p=0.002
Six
-month
late
lum
en loss (
mm
)
Unverdorben Circulation 2006
DEB in BMS restenosis
0.03±0.48 mm
0.74±0.86 mm
p=0.02
Six
-month
late
lum
en loss (
mm
)
0.17±0.42 mm
0.38±0.61 mm
Scheller NEJM 2006
PACCOCATH ISR PEPCAD II
Wijns EHJ 2010
p<0.001
Six
-month
late
lum
en loss (
mm
)
1.03±0.77 mm
0.43±0.61 mm
p<0.001
Six
-month
bin
ary
reste
nosis
(%
) 17.2%
61.3%
Rittger JACC 2012
DEB in DES restenosis
DES restenosis: SeQuent Please DEB (72 pts) vs uncoated balloon (38 pts)
PEPCAD-DES
Six
-nin
e m
on
ths e
vents
(%
)
Stella EuroIntervention 2011
VALENTINES
BMS/DES restenosis: DIOR II DEB (250 pts)
J Invasive Cardiol 2011
Four cases are described in which an approach
consisting of the simultaneous inflation of two
drug-eluting balloons has been successfully
applied to treat different kinds of bifurcation
restenoses following both provisional and
complex stenting strategies.
Kissing DEB feasibility and rational
• simultaneous use of two DEB is feasible and
safe with all brand in standard operative
conditions (6F GC, radial access) Sgueglia Cardiovasc Revsc Med 2011
• the advantages of DEB fully apply to the
treatment of bifurcation restenosis, especially
the lack of metallic scaffold and homogenous
drug distribution Sgueglia EuroIntervention 2011
• kissing inflation is recommended to preserve the
geometry of the implanted stent Sgueglia JACC Cardiovasc Intv 2012
The challenge
M67, effort angina, EST+, one year earlier
mini-crush with two EES (Xience V)
The solution
Kissing-DEB (DIOR II)
3,5/15 mm x 2
The result
Final result
The follow-up
Six months follow-up
Proximal MV
0,1 or 2
Distal MV
0, 1 or 2
SB
0, 1 or 2
A restenosis involving
the SB only after a PCI
according to the crush
technique is classified
Medina modified classification of
bifurcation restenosis
0 = no restenosis
1 = restenosis following a single-stent procedure
2 = restenosis following a two-stent procedure
Sgueglia IJC 2011
0 ,0 ,2
Pending issues
1. previous simple technique with “good kissing” or
complex technique
– all should get smooth
2. previous simple technique with no kissing
– the original distal cell could not be available
anymore because of neointimal growth
3. previous simple technique with “bad kissing”
– difficult to anticipate if DEB features could
compensate for inaccurate first procedure
Credit Foin N
timepoint 2 timepoint 1
Neointimal growth
Conclusions
• the kissing DEB approach for the
treatment of bifurcation restenosis has a
sound rational
• overall, it appears a straightforward
procedure for the treatment restenosis
following bifurcation treatment according
to virtually any kind of technique
• pending issues prompt further evaluation
CALL FOR CASES